Detailed Kill Log

[JG27_Mainz]

Is there any way to get more detail after a sortie (either in single player or multiplayer) on what planes you shot down? Currently the mission summary screen breaks it down by light, medium, heavy, but can it get even more specific as to the exact model of plane?

 

Also in career mode, is there anything like a kill log that shows which particular aircraft the pilot shot down on which dates?

[AEthelraedUnraed]

In the career mode, you can see your flight path along with all aircraft that were shot down, the type and the aircraft that shot it down.

[PatrickAWlson]

1 hour ago, AEthelraedUnraed said:

In the career mode, you can see your flight path along with all aircraft that were shot down, the type and the aircraft that shot it down.

 

You get the same thing with any mission.  Not remembering what the name of the button is but it's one of the green buttons on the mission summary page.   It opens a map with flight path, your victories, and any planes that crashed or vehicles destroyed.

[JG27_Mainz]

I see, thanks. But for the career, is there any way to get the details of your pilot's entire history of kills?

[AEthelraedUnraed]

Not in the default career, no. But I believe Patrick's PWCG does have this feature. 

[Zeev]

You have the .cfg configuration file variable that can create a file. Its not so much readable.

[JG27_Mainz]

This would be a great quality of life improvement for the career mode for future updates if you could see your pilot's detailed kill log alongside his medals and other histories. It should not be too hard to implement - games like Red Baron II have been doing it since decades ago. ?

[PatrickAWlson]

6 hours ago, AEthelraedUnraed said:

Not in the default career, no. But I believe Patrick's PWCG does have this feature. 

 

PWCG has multiple ways of looking at a career.

A pilot log book details every air and ground victory.  A summary is provided on the first page.  The summary summarizes the types that you have shot down and the planes that you were flying when you scored.  The logs are of the form "On this day, victorious pilot shot down a such and such plane near some place.  The victorious pilot was flying this kind of plane.    The shot down pilot was killed/wounded/captured/uninjured/whatever".  There is an optional fog of war view that obfuscates some of the details that you might not realistically know, like the name of the victim pilot and what happed to him (or her).

A journal contains a collection of all of your combat reports.  A narrative section in the journal allows you to write your own commentary on the flight.

A squadron log details events of the squadron.  Since things happen outside of your mission, you can look at the squadron log for victories, losses, etc.  

The chalk board has different views.  You can look at your squadron's pilots, equipment, top aces in the campaign, and some other views.

An intel page will tell you the current state of every squadron at the front, showing pilots and equipment.

[Varibraun]

6 hours ago, IV./JG51-P_Mainz said:

This would be a great quality of life improvement for the career mode for future updates if you could see your pilot's detailed kill log alongside his medals and other histories. It should not be too hard to implement - games like Red Baron II have been doing it since decades ago. ?

 

Yes, but see what Pat has listed above, because PWCG is definitely your answer for that kind of info right now.  I hate to admit how much time I spend looking at all the info it produces for the pilots and squadrons flying - but it provides some really deep immersion for me.  Plus, Pat keeps improving it!  

[oFlyingDutchman]

Late to the party, but when i feel like playing the vanilla campaign instead of pat's mod, i use http://logbook.ansirial.it/ site and syinc after each sortie and eddit it with your kills. I personally enjoy it, you can see my curent pilot in here http://logbook.ansirial.it/Character/1458 and here http://logbook.ansirial.it/Victories/1458 and check for yourself

Edited October 6, 2021 by oFlyingDutchman

[Gr3y]

This sounds like a nice improvement, especially for people who like statistics.

Not sure if I am the only one having other problem, the game seems to have problems with "not counting" some of the ground kills. I often find that it doesn't add to the account some ground targets, like bridges, buildings, hell even happens with trains sometimes. 

[PatrickAWlson]

7 hours ago, Gr3y said:

This sounds like a nice improvement, especially for people who like statistics.

Not sure if I am the only one having other problem, the game seems to have problems with "not counting" some of the ground kills. I often find that it doesn't add to the account some ground targets, like bridges, buildings, hell even happens with trains sometimes. 

 

Seen the same, and this affects PWCG as well.  The summary includes the ground kills but the event logs do not have them.  I am positive that the summary is correct but something gets lost.  I thought that it was only an issue with event logs.  Interesting that it impacts the in game career as well.

[Gr3y]

4 hours ago, PatrickAWlson said:

  Interesting that it impacts the in game career as well.

 

Honestly not sure about the career, as I'm solely playing scripted campaigns and I'm experiencing it there. For example during entire Lightening Strikes campaign I've destroyed around 4-5 bridges yet none was counted in mission summary nor in overall campaign statistics. These "kills" also don't appear in the bottom left part of the screen where you can see vehicles kills.

[PatrickAWlson]

7 minutes ago, Gr3y said:

 

Honestly not sure about the career, as I'm solely playing scripted campaigns and I'm experiencing it there. For example during entire Lightening Strikes campaign I've destroyed around 4-5 bridges yet none was counted in mission summary nor in overall campaign statistics. These "kills" also don't appear in the bottom left part of the screen where you can see vehicles kills.

 

Different situation then.  In order for a structure to count the mission designer must make it an "entity".  Entities consume some CPU time so designers have to be careful as to how many things become entities.  I only make target structures entities.  Therefore, if you get the "right" bridge you will be credited.  Otherwise not.

 

I was referring to something a bit different.  vehicles that were definitely killed in the mission, showing in the summary page, but not recorded as destroyed in the event logs.

[Halon]

I would certainly enjoy more details, both a detailed blow by blow mission log of who/what/when (as I'd really be interested to see whose bullet destroyed which component that ultimately led to my demise) and a career log listing kills etc with more detail. It would definitely be fun but I don't really know how much of this info is under the hood.

[percydanvers]

Not sure I want to admit to it publicly but I may or may not have made excel spreadsheets of my mission logs for IL-2... 

[Noisemaker]

On 10/12/2021 at 8:41 PM, percydanvers said:

Not sure I want to admit to it publicly but I may or may not have made excel spreadsheets of my mission logs for IL-2...